Update Styles in the Old Familiar Way
If you liked being able to reformat a paragraph and then updating the applied style by selecting the style in the style box and choosing “Update the style to reflect recent changes," you may have been disappointed in Word 2002. But don’t fret. You can get this option back.
  1. From the Tools menu, choose Options.
  2. Click the Edit tab.
  3. Select the Prompt to update style check box, and click OK.